I am also a newbie when it comes to geocaching. I've only got ten finds so far. But when I first started I was borrowing a friends Magellin GPS unit. It wasn't bad, but it definitely didn't have the accuracy of my current Garmin unit, a Garmin Etrex Legend. So a suggestion from one newbie to another, invest in a good handheld GPS unit. I paid $175 for mine from ebay. It will make finding those caches a lot easier.